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Peter Harrison
Peter Harrison

Peter Harrison is a British photojournalist whose career spans three decades, working for print, digital and broadcast media in the UK and the UAE. He's covered a broad spectrum of subjects, from health issues and farming in England, to the refugee crisis in Lebanon and the war in Afghanistan. He is a former senior editor with Al Arabiya English and tweets @PhotoPJHarrison.

ANALYSIS: Britain is seriously milking its love of democracy

The UK is going to the polls… again. This will be the second general election in less than two years. The British government usually serves a five-year term and elections are not cheap. So when...

 ANALYSIS: How does one death make a headline when others don’t?

Is it true that attacks in the West get more coverage than those in other parts of the world? And if this is true, is it because the West and its media are racist? A hotbed of Islamaphobia? Are we...

 Keeping calm and carrying on, with Brexit, defies the terrorists

It’s barely a week since Khalid Masood carried out his deadly attack in London, killing several, including a policeman, before he was finally shot and killed himself. Yet already London has...

 It’s the 21st Century, and some people still believe women are inferior

A recent poll that asked more than 17,500 people if men and women should enjoy equal rights, found that the majority said “yes”. But while this is obviously the right outcome, it is...

 The UK is boasting an employment high, it’s not what it seems

Recent news from the UK tells us that the country’s unemployment level is at an 11-year low and employment is at an all-time high.This is of course great news, but let’s pause for a moment...

 Has Trump’s seven-nation ban been misunderstood?

There seems to have been a distinct lack of clarity surrounding the finer details of the ban...

 Let’s not be surprised by Trump’s ineloquence, no matter how grating it is

It’s almost as if people were surprised that the man didn’t suddenly come out with some deep and thoughtful line of poetry...

 This holiday season, here’s what we should do for Syria’s children

Omran Daqneesh’s face vanished from our timeline, like so many, and has been pushed down by our holiday snaps...